Hose-supporter.



R. H. KLAUDBR.

v HOSE SUPEORTER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24; 1908.

' 975,364, Patented' Nov. 8,1910.

Wl TA/ESSES: VVE/V705 RUDOLPH H. KLAUDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Application filed .Tune 24:, 1908.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH H. KLAUDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful I-Iose-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a hosesupporter which shall be practically indestructible under ordinaryconditions of wear and use, and which shall not only be comfortable butreliable in maintaining its own position and in holding the hose.

To these ends 'the invention comprises the hose supporter to bepresently described and the invention itself will be pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate one embodiment of theinvention Figure 1, is a perspective view of the supporter, and Fig. 2,is a side view illustrating the same in use.

In the drawings l and 2, are a pair of members which, as shown in thedrawings, are duplicates of each other. These members are made ofresilient flexible material and as shown each of them is providedintermediate of its length and at one edge with a notch 3 and near itsend on the opposite edge with a notch 4. The ends may be rounded asshown as at 5. The notches 3 are made to engage each other and theyserve as a pivotal connection between the members. The notches 4 may bemade to engage each other and a portion of the top of the hose, thusserving to attach it to the supporter. The free ends of the members arebent or shaped to conform to the con- Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 440,103.

tour of the leg. They not only by their resilience hold the supporter inplace upon the leg, but they also and when in position upon the leg,tend to bring the notched ends of the members together, thus causingthem to firmly grip the top of the hose. The portions of the membersadjacent to the notches 3, are crossed as shown.

`What I claim is,

l. A hose supporter comprising a pair of resilient flexible stripshaving their intermediate portions in pivotal relation and having oneend of each strip adapted to conform to the leg of the user and havingthe other end of each strip adapted to co-act with its mate to hold thetop of a stocking, substantially as described.

2. A hose supporter comprising a pair of resilient flexible members eachnotched at one edge intermediate of its length and at the other edgenear one of its ends, said intermediate notches being adapted forengagement with each other to constitute a pivotal connection and saidother notches adapted to coact to engage a stocking, substantially asdescribed.

3. A hose supporter comprising a pair of resilient flexible membershaving intermediate of their ends notches that engage each other andhaving one end of both strips bent to conform to the contour of the legand having the other end of both strips crossed and notched for engaginga stocking, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

RUDOLPH H. KLAUDER.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. FRENCH, A. B. STOUGHTON.

